Falla's skink
| Falla's skink | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae[2] |
| Genus: | Oligosoma |
| Species: | O. fallai |
| Binomial name | |
| Oligosoma fallai (McCann, 1955) | |
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Falla's skink or the Three Kings skink (Oligosoma fallai ), is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae.
Etymology
The specific name, fallai, is in honor of New Zealander ornithologist Robert Falla.[3]
Geographic range
O. fallai is endemic to the Three Kings Islands off the coast of New Zealand. It is found nowhere else in the world.
References
- ↑ Chapple DG. (2010). "Oligosoma fallai ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- 1 2 "Oligosoma fallai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Oligosoma fallai, p. 88).
Further reading
- McCann C. 1955. The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Dominion Mus. Bull. (17): 1-127. (Leiolopisma fallai, new species, pp. 76–77).
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